Germany, HJ. A Golden Honour Badge, Early Example, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Newly Listed Type I with Mongolian script

Type I with Mongolian script on the obverse

Wehrmeldeamt

He was awarded the Order Pour le Mérite in December

29 mm (w) x 74

Germany, HJ. A Golden Honour Badge, Early Example, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Newly Listed Type I with Mongolian script(Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der HJ). Constructed of gilded tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of an HJ membership badge surrounded by a gilt border, the reverse with a vertical pinback, stamped with an award number of 26102, marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code 15 for Ferdinand Hoffsttter, Bonn, measuring 16. 62 mm (w) x 28. 87 mm (h), weighing 3. 2 grams, a scarce example using Hoffsttters early RZM mark, in